Chapter 397 Uncrowned Laurel (3k)
Feeling unprecedented power within her body, Su Jiu felt every cell in her body yearning for battle. The unique pride of a swordsman surged from her bones, transforming into fine sword energy that swirled around her.
With the help of the Elegy, Su Jiu once again reached the Battle King Level. At this moment, she seemed to have vaguely touched upon a Domain, but it was still a blurred concept.
This was because Su Jiu herself didn’t know what her Domain was. Other people’s Domains were centered around their bloodline, augmented by affinities, but her bloodline and affinities were rather mixed.
However, she should be able to try a few more times each day, to better sense the feeling of those Domains. She could predict that her Domain wouldn’t be easily achieved, as Su Jiu herself was too unique. Of course, the moment she achieved her Domain, it might be possible for her to slay a half-step War God with her sword.
“It’s your turn to take my sword.”
As this thought flashed through her mind, Su Jiu quickly pulled her focus back to reality. She slowly raised her head, smiled at Lingzi, who had a solemn expression on her face, and then gripped her three-foot long sword tightly. With a light step, she covered dozens of feet in almost an instant, stirring up a gust of wind.
At that time, it seemed as if a frosty moon had descended upon the nine heads of the Yamata no Orochi. The real form of the Yamata no Orochi seemed to be controlled, and it paused. However, the daylight prevented fewer people from truly noticing this scene.
“So fast!”
The moment Su Jiu stepped forward and her figure disappeared, Lingzi’s expression slightly changed. She immediately concentrated her mental power, trying to track her movements, but she had no direction at all…
“No! Her target isn’t me!”
“Domain!”
A moment later, as if sensing something, she suddenly looked up at the sky, her pupils slowly widening.
She saw a flash of silver light in the sky, and Su Jiu’s figure suddenly appeared in mid-air, her clothes fluttering. Then, she transformed into the sharp edge of a sword, like white sword energy, intricately weaving and piercing around the Yamata no Orochi’s neck.
“Swish, Swish, Swish!”
Accompanied by the sound of air explosions, the real form of the Yamata no Orochi became increasingly illusory, and soon it directly disappeared into the air. Su Jiu then smiled faintly and said, “Since it’s a battle of blades, if you have a Domain and I don’t, wouldn’t that be unfair?”
Hearing Su Jiu’s words, Lingzi tightened her grip on her long sword. Her face became a little strained. So you cut down my Domain?
Before she could continue her sarcastic thoughts, she suddenly realized that Su Jiu’s body had disappeared from the sky. As a talented individual, her sensitivity kicked in, and she quickly held her long sword horizontally in front of her to block.
“Clang!”
The silvery long sword suddenly struck the long sword, and then directly repelled Lingzi’s body. The latter’s feet skidded across the ground, leaving huge marks. She quickly raised her head again, her face showing an expression of facing a formidable enemy.
She couldn’t remain on the defensive any longer, or she might be defeated!
“Takiyou Movement Technique!”
Then, seeing Su Jiu attacking again, Lingzi plunged her sword into the ground and leaped up. Her body seemed to merge into the poisonous mist, and the mist instantly spread towards Su Jiu. Lingzi hid within the mist, like a sinister venomous snake waiting for an opportunity.
“A clumsy performance.”
Su Jiu smiled faintly, standing still. Then, she spun her body, her long sword like a piercing spear, thrusting directly towards a dense patch of poisonous mist behind her.
“Clang!”
As the long sword was thrust out, a long and sharp long sword abruptly appeared from the swirling poisonous mist, finally colliding heavily with it.
With the sound, a figure directly emerged. Lingzi staggered backward more than ten steps, stomping on the ground, before she managed to stabilize herself.
“My movement technique is like transparent in front of her. Could her mental power be higher than mine, an Intermediate Battle King?”
Being easily pinpointed by Su Jiu, a look of shock flashed in Lingzi’s eyes. Her hand holding the silvery long sword trembled slightly. This stab from Su Jiu made her hand feel a dull pain.
“Continue taking my sword.”
After forcing Lingzi out of hiding with a single sword strike, Su Jiu said softly. Her eyes were as calm as a still pool. She bent down and attacked rapidly, her arms constantly moving. Sword shadows appeared one after another, like waves crashing against shore rocks, overlapping and striking Lingzi fiercely.
Her Hánfú sleeves fluttered, stirring up gusts of wind that struck the protective shield, producing dull thuds.
“I can only take it head-on.”
Facing Su Jiu’s relentless onslaught of sword strikes, Lingzi became somewhat flustered. She gritted her teeth fiercely, and her long sword met the attack, creating a loud metallic collision.
“Clang, clang, clang!!!”
With a single edge as a blade and a double edge as a sword, the match had evolved from a simple competition into a battle of blades. The hissing of snakes and the roars of dragons sounded from the collision of their blades, ceaselessly.
On the arena, two figures flickered in and out of sight. The speed at which their blades clashed was astonishingly fast. Ordinary people could only hear the constant sound of weapons colliding and the sparks that shot out. Only those who had reached the High-Rank Battle General level or above could faintly see the shadows of the blades.
At this moment, with Su Jiu no longer holding back and going all out, Lingzi was at a complete disadvantage. She was suppressed by Su Jiu in terms of power, speed, and even mental power. It was only a matter of time before she lost.
The audience on the stage, who had initially supported Lingzi, gradually fell silent. They held their breath, staring in awe at Lingzi, who was being gradually suppressed. They even felt that their ticket purchases were worth it. This match, although not the finals, was already better than the finals. The winner would undoubtedly become the uncrowned king.
“Ching!” Su Jiu seized the opening as the opponent swung her blade, hooking it and shaking the sword, pushing Lingzi back two steps. Then, she flipped her sleeve and with a “snap!”, the sleeve of her Hánfú slapped Lingzi’s face, sending her flying dozens of meters away.
Lingzi stabilized herself with her long sword, ignoring the stinging sensation on her face. She gripped her long sword tightly, her eyes filled with endless killing intent. She then bit her tongue fiercely, spraying a mouthful of blood onto the long sword. The snake’s hissing became more pronounced.
“I, as the eldest daughter of the Suzuki family, decree the descendants of Yamata no Orochi to burn their essence blood for the Soul Snatching Blade.”
Lingzi took a deep breath and stared intently at her long sword. As if hearing Lingzi’s call, a gargantuan hiss sounded, and a deep purple hue emanated from the long sword.
Watching Lingzi’s actions in the arena, the expressions of the audience changed slightly. In this attack, some of the weaker referees could already feel a threat.
The representative from the Cherry Blossom Country, as if trying to salvage some dignity, glanced at Yun Mo, who was clenching his fists, and then said meaningfully, “I didn’t expect Xiangzi to burn the essence blood of the Yamata no Orochi. However, its power is indeed very high. Without the strength of a High-Rank Battle King, one cannot possibly block this Soul Snatching Blade.”
“Essence blood of the Yamata no Orochi?” A representative beside him couldn’t help but gasp slightly and exclaimed, “Your country is truly willing to pay the price!”
“Heh, the West always takes the championship. There should be an Eastern great power to stand up.” The Cherry Blossom Country representative nodded with considerable pride and said no more, his gaze fixed on the arena.
In the arena, as if starting to burn essence blood, a purple flame, about two meters high, blazed fiercely on Lingzi’s long sword, eventually transforming into a venomous snake coiled around the blade.
“To force me to this point, you are already very formidable. But my sword, you cannot withstand it!”
“Soul Snatch!”
A hoarse, mocking laugh suddenly came from within the purple mist. Then, Lingzi swung her long sword fiercely towards Su Jiu. At that moment, a phantom of a dozens-of-meters-long, nine-headed serpent opened its massive maw and lunged towards Su Jiu, causing the entire arena to begin to shake.
“E Huo! It’s time!”
However, Su Jiu merely smiled faintly and pointed her left finger forward. Green light emanated from it, and a green array emerged beneath her feet.
It was just that with this level of strength, the second stage of the Elegy wouldn’t be needed.
“Roar!!”
Her right hand followed suit, swinging her long sword. The sword energy transformed into a silvery long dragon, roaring forth, enveloped in green external qi. Earth-shattering dragon roars sounded, and the already cracked ground began to shatter inch by inch, almost exploding with small stones.
Boom, Boom, Boom!
As the two impacted, countless gazes were fixed upon them. The moment the silver dragon and the Yamata no Orochi collided, it wasn’t the dragon-tiger battle that people expected. The green light on the silver dragon directly cleared away the poisonous mist from the serpent.
The silver dragon itself smashed a large hole into the serpent. With a “ching!”, the arrogant Soul Snatching strike was easily resolved with the Yamata no Orochi’s phantom producing a mournful cry.
The silver dragon’s attack, with its power barely diminished, continued to charge towards Lingzi. She stood there dumbfounded, the roaring phantom of the silver dragon reflected in her eyes. “Ding!” The long sword slipped from her grasp, her legs went weak, and she fell to her knees with a thud.
“Stop!!”
The referees, especially the one from the Cherry Blossom Country, seeing that Lingzi had lost all fighting spirit, wanted to rescue her.
“Look up!”
However, Su Jiu’s long sword swung upwards, and the silvery long dragon roared and charged towards the protective shield in the sky, piercing through it and exploding in the sky a hundred meters above.
At this moment, snow unique to this season slowly fell from the sky, romantic and pure.
Su Jiu gracefully twirled her sword, tilted her head, and asked the stunned referee with a gentle smile, “Can you announce the results of the match?”
“Mo Yu Squad, Frost Blade wins! Tokyo University, please continue to compete. If you do not enter the stage within thirty seconds, it will be considered a forfeiture.”
Feeling the snowflakes falling through the opening, the referee swallowed hard, finding Su Jiu’s smile inexplicably chilling.
“Reject! We forfeit!!”
The students of Tokyo University looked as if they had been marked by the god of death. Their faces showed extreme fear, and they quickly demanded to refuse the match.
What? Are you really going to make us fight? What’s our level, don’t you have any common sense?
The stunned spectators in the surrounding stands immediately reacted, and the arena erupted with thunderous cheers. The battle of blades was truly exhilarating, no less than a duel between Grandmasters!
After today, the name of Mo Yu Squad would likely become famous worldwide. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Mo Yu Squad was almost certain to be the world champion.
